Book protector and marker.



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BOOK PROTECTOR AND MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. ZI, I9I6.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

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WILLIAM CASS, OF kRI(.I-lFOl'tD, VERMONT.

I BOOK PROTECTOR AND MARKER.

Application led February 21, 1916.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CASS, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Richford, in the county of Franklin andV State of Vermont,have invented a new and ImprovedBook Protector `and Marker, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and eX- act description. v

This invention relates to a protector especially adapted for theAutomobile Blue Book or the like, intended to be used in the open,whereby the book is protected froml to be read through the Celluloidleaves, the

latter also serving as a book marker when the book is closed, to therebyenable the bookto be again opened at the proper place.

In carrying out the invention the book S0 lprotector and marking devicemay be a part of the permanent binding of the book or may be anattachment to serve as a cover.

With such objects in view, and others which will appear as thedescription pro- 85 ceeds, the invention comprises various novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts which will be setforth with particularity in the following description and claimsappended hereto.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates one embodiment of theinvention and wherein similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, Figure 1 is a plan view of thecombined cover and marker, with the book arranged therein and the pagesof the book being upright so that only the edges are seen; Fig. 2 is asectional view of the protector, as when it is in use to protect thepages; Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing the book closed andthe device acting as a marker; Fig. 4 isa perspectiveview of theprotector and marker detached and open; and Fig. 5 is a perspective viewof a book n in which the protecting and marking device forms an integralpart of the book.

Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented'Oct. 17, 1916.

Serial No. 79,611.

- Referring to the drawing, Adesignates a f book having front Aand backcovers 1, 2, and

an attachment as shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, comprises a flexiblerectangular body of soft leather or other suitable material and iscomposed of two sections 4 and 5 which cover the outer surfaces of thecovers 1 and 2 of the book, and'pieces 6 and 7 are stitched around threeedges to the sec-v tions 4 and 5,.respectively, so as to form Theprotector B, when made asY pockets 8 and 9 lto receive the covers 1 and2 ofthe book. Forming part of the pocket 8 are upper and lowerfstrips 10and 11 under which the cover 1 of the book lies,these -strips beingkconnected` together by an elastic 12 which serves to clamp the body ofthe protecting device to one cover of the book.' The portions 1.3 and 14between the two rowsof stitches 16 and 17 are adapted to lie over theedges of the pages of the book when the book is open, as in Fig. 2, orclosed, as in Fig. 3. These flexible flaps 13 and'14 have fastened totheir edges sheets of transparent Celluloid 18 and 19 respectively, orother equivalent material, such sheets being large eno-ugh to cover thepages of the book 'when the same is open. These sheets serve as markerswhen the book is closed, as in Fig. 3, so that the book can be opened atthe proper place.

If desired the protector can be in the form `of flaps 20 and21integrally attached to covers 22 and 23 of the book, as in Fig. 5, andthese {iaps have attached thereto respectively the sheets of Celluloid24 and 25, or any other transparent material.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, the advantages of the construction and method of operation willbe readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the inventionappertains, and while I have described the principle of operation,together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodimentthereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merelyillustrative'and that such changes may be made when desired as fall'within the scope of the appended claims.

comprising a .flexible` body Vformed with pages, and transparentwaterproof members connected with the flaps and adapted to cover thepages of the book when open and constitute marking means when the bookis e closed.

2. The combination of a book having front `members fastened tothe freeedges of the' flaps;` A Y A protector and marker for. a book,

pockets for receiving the covers of the book and having flaps, and:sheets of transparent material attached tothe free edges of the apsadapted to fold inwardly over the v pockets.`

'5. A protector and marker for lal book, comprising a flexible bodyformed with pockets for receiving the covers of the book and havingliaps and sheets of transparent material attached to the free edges ofthe flaps adapted to fold inwardly over the pockets7 and an elasticstrip attached to one of the pockets for assisting in clamping the coverand marker to the book.

k6. An article forming a `protector and marker for a book, said articleconsisting of a rectangular body foldable at its center and divided intotwosections, each section having a pocket to receive the cover of thebook, and the outer portions of the sections being flexible to formflaps, and sheets of transparent material permanently fastened to thelaps.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two -subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM CASS.

Witnesses:

a LAURAV. MARVIN, p

L. C. LEAvENs.

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Y Washington, D. C.

